About Us

The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa is the largest department of its kind in the country and offers a curriculum unparalleled in its breadth, depth, and variety of courses in Chinese, Japanese and Korean Language, Linguistics, and Literature.

Chinese

The Chinese Section of EALL consists of two subsections: Chinese language & linguistics and Chinese literary & cultural studies. Offering expertise in linguistics, language pedagogy, literary and cultural studies, the Chinese section at UH Mānoa is one of the largest of its kind outside East Asia.

Japanese

In the Japanese major, students combine advanced language work with the study of Japanese linguistics and literature. The goal of the major is to produce students who are not only highly proficient in the language, but who also have the capacity to work between languages and cultures.

Korean

The Korean Section offers undergraduate and graduate programs in Korean language & linguistics, and Korean literature. Through the Korean Language Flagship Center, students can also enroll in the Korean for Professionals programs that include an overseas component.

Online Japanese Resources

The proliferation of the internet over the past decade and a half has brought with it an exponential rise in the amount of Japanese materials available online. The selections below represent merely a starting point for the serious student of Japanese. A well-maintained and current list of Chinese resources can also be found at the UHM library’s

Modern Japanese Dictionaries

Free Japanese-Related Software Tools

A Firefox add-on that pops up a definition of unknown Japanese words/characters when you mouse over them. Another version of this add-on with extra features, called Perapera-kun, is also available. Dictionary updates for both versions of the add-on are available at polarcloud.com.